Table-display stilt.



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EDWARD T. GB'UNWALD AND JOSEPH A. GRUNWALD, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TABLE-DISPLAY STILT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Application filed May 18, 1914. Serial No. 839,339.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD T. GRUN- WALD and J osnrrr A. GRUNWALD, citizens of the United States, and residents of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have jointly invented a Table- Display Stilt for Use in Connection with the Display of Dining-Room Tables, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is a device called a stilt used to display what is known as pedestal dining-room tables, this stilt having means for supporting tables in the regular way at any desired height or elevation from the floor of the display room, thus permitting one table top to extend over the top of the adjoining table when the tables are set in a row upon the floor for display, thereby affording the display of the greatest number of tables desired upon the floor of the display room.

The use of our device will enable the manufacturer or dealer to display tables of the kind referred to in a much smaller floor space than is possible by any other practical means, by applying our device to every second table shown on display.

Our invention further provides economical, new and improved means for supporting the tables in the manner hereinafter described, thereby avoiding the possibility of interference with the opening or closing of such tables while on display, this stilt taking the place of the caster while the tables are being supported by said stilt.

Our invention has been developed with the intention in view to provide a suitable arrangement whereby floor space can be used to the best advantage, the amount of space required for displaying tables of the class described being reduced to a minimum. This display stilt serves this purpose in the desired manner and can be applied to all standard pedestal tables.

Our invention further provides simple means for attaching and detaching the stilt and can be thus adjusted by any person whether skilled or unskilled. This invention is a combination of a standard caster, or a caster with a long shank arranged so that with the use of a wooden or metal block the table will be raised to the desired height, or a combination with a standard caster, a wood or metal block and a metal pin.

The invention will be best understood by consideration of the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which drawing Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section, showing steel pin a in place, wood or metal block b in place, grip neck socket c and standard caster cl. Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing the complete combination assembled. Fig. 2 is a plan view of top of stilt and position of pin a, in relation to wood block b. Fig. 3 is a plan view of bottom end of block 6, showing standard caster cl in place. Fig. 4 is an elevation view of the complete stilt as it appears when completely assembled ready to attach to table foot.

a is the pin that is to be inserted into the gripncck socket in the foot of a table.

6 is the block of wood or metal that is necessary to get the desired height so that one table top will lap the other when tables are placed in a row for display purposes.

d is the standard caster which is held in place as shown in Fig. l which permits the table to be rolled at will or opened or closed, for display purposes, upon the floor of display rooms.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 2- A table display stilt comprising a body adapted to provide a continuation of a table leg, a spindle extending vertically and centrally from the upper end of said body in position to be inserted in the caster socket of the table leg and a caster carried by the lower end of said body.

In testimony of the fact that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereunto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD T. GRUNWALD. JOSEPH A. GRUNWALD. Witnesses:

W. E. PAXTON, J. EDW. MITCHELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

